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being that it is not as forward as is usually thought desirable 

 at this time. The weather has been and still continues 

 peculiarly favorable to late seeding. 



Pkices. 

 Of the 152 correspondents answering the question as to 

 prices received for crops raised for market, 102 speak of 

 them as higher than usual, and 50 as average, not 1 refer- 

 ring to them as lower than in former years. This is quite 

 likely due in a large measure to the shortage of particular 

 crops, notably potatoes and apples, and the natural trend of 

 prices with normal yields is impossible to determine. 



Most Profitable Crops. 

 There is much diversity of opinion among correspondents 

 as to the crops which have proved most profitable, but 74, a 

 bare majority, unite in placing hay among them. Fifty- 

 eight, a large number to unite on a second crop, consider 

 corn to have been among the most profitable crops. Wher- 

 ever rot was not destructive the high price of potatoes more 

 than made up for the shortage in yield, and 29 correspond- 

 ents mention this crop. Nine consider tobacco to have been 

 among the most profitable crops ; 9, cranberries ; 7, onions ; 

 5, asparagus; 5, tomatoes; 4, apples; 4, sweet corn; 4, 

 cabbages ; 3, ensilage corn ; 3, celery ; 3, strawberries ; 3, 

 rye; 2, milk; 2, squashes; 2, pears; 2, oats; 1, raspber- 

 ries; 1, small fruits; 1, market-garden crops; 1, beans; 1, 

 peaches; 1, grapes; 1 , forage crops ; 1, vegetables ; 1, root 

 crops; and 1, lettuce. 



Least Profitable Crops. 

 Seventy-nine correspondents, an unusually large number 

 to unite on any one crop as among the least profitable, speak 

 of potatoes as among the least profitable crops; 38, apples; 

 15, squashes; 6, oats ; 6, cabbages ; 6, corn; 5, fruit; 5, 

 milk; 4, onions; 3, peas; 8, beans; 3, cucumbers; 3, tur- 

 nips ; 2, peaches ; 2, strawberries ; 2, melons ; 2, asparagus ; 

 2, carrots; 2, cranberries ; 1, tomatoes; 1, root crops; 1, 

 sweet corn ; 1 , raspberries ; 1 , blackberries ; 1 , buckwheat ; 

 and 1, beets. 



